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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Downs, in Lamson, Darryl B. (Darryl Byron), and Leonard F Tibbetts. Early Narraguagus River families of Washington County, Maine. (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, c2002)
1:260-1.
BENEZER4 DOWNS Jr, b 172?; d 1810+ [d 16 Sept 1803 per Stu TR?]; son of Ebenezer3 (Thomas2-1) and Elizabeth3 Hanson (of Thomas2-1 Hanson) Downs; laborer at Somersworth NH { 175 5}, moved to Arundel { 175 6}, then to Township #4 {1777} married second to JANE5 WALTON, b 1728/30+; d 1800+; dau of Samuel4 and Elizabeth3 (Pray) Walton of Newington NH. On 28 Nov 1791 he sold his 110-acre homestead lot north of Tunk Stream to son Ebenezer for 100 pounds [Wash Co Deed 1 :515]; He held settlers' lot at Cherryfield that was occupied 1796-98 by Mrs. Hannah(-) Fickett Wakefield
This source is very reliable but the authors do not state the source of the information regarding Elizabeth Hanson.
- Tibbetts, Charles W, ed, and New Hampshire Society of Genealogists. The New Hampshire genealogical record. (Dover, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Genealogical Society )
6:148-9.
- ↑ Thomas2 Downes, in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939).
6 SERGT. Thomas2 Downes (son of Thomas1 Downes and Mary2 Lord), liv. with his father and had his lands, disting, from him as ‘Sergt.’ Constable. Lists 359b, 52, 57, 94, 353. In the spring of 1711 Sergt. Downes and 3 others working in a field were k. by Ind. Adm. Apr. 13 to s. Gershom. Thrice m., 1st one Martha, 2d Mary Lord, k. by Ind. 26 July 1696, List 96, 3d 24 Oct. 1698 Abigail (Roberts) Hall.
Children:
1 Gershom, rec. his own birth, ‘s. of Tho. Jr. and Martha,’ 10 Jan. 1680/1. Will 4 Apr.-27 June 1750. He m. 1st 24 Dec. 1707 Sarah Hall; 2d Elizabeth (Tibbetts), wid. of Pomfret Dam (5), who m. 3d Richard Goodwin. 7+2 ch., incl. Gershom, k. by Ind. at Rochester 27 June 1746.
By 2d w., Lord heirs:
2 Thomas, lumberman. Highway surv. 1715. List 35Sd. Adm. 29 Nov. 1749 to 3 sons-in-law, all of Somersw. W. Sarah Ham had d. 9 daus. 1711-172--.
3 Ebenezer, apprent. ab. 1701 to Richard Pinkham; adult in 1715, housewright. List 298. His captivity in Bummer’s War is much in print—Farmer’s Belknap, p. 205, N. E. Capt. ii. 164. The letter of 25 Aug. 1725 printed in the News Letter says he had 5 ch. at Piscataqua. In 1746 he deeded half his homestead to his s. Ebenezer. Ab. 1760 Ephraim and Ebenezer Downes were liv. in Arundel, and went east. Wife Elizabeth 1737-1755.
4 Martha, m. James Bunker (2), 2d by Dec. 1725 John Mackelroy, she bap. on a sick bed 17 Apr. 1744, both liv. 1750.
5 Samuel, Somersw. Will 24 Mar. - 30 May 1755 names w. Judith (his wid. in 1779) and sis. (app. wife’s sis.) Martha Stackpole, who was widow of Tho. Stevens and d. 24 Sep. 1792, ag. 101. William, Somersw. Adm. 28 Aug. 1754 to s. Samuel. W. Mary Pitman, m. at Dover 3 May 1721. 6 ch.
- Thomas2 Hanson, in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939).
7 Thomas2 Hanson (son of Thomas2 and Mary Hanson), planter, Dover, taxed 1663, m. at Salem 3 June 1669 Mary (Kitchen), wid. of Timo. Robinson, who brot her s. Timothy to Dover. Lists 356hjk, 357c, 359ab, 94. She was named in his will 24 Apr., cod. 6 May 1710 (inv. 8 Nov. 1711), with ch. but Isaac:
Children:
1 Mary, b. 3 Dec. 1670 (Salem); her fa.’s will gave her maint. and her mo.’s feather-bed, if she chose, or £20 and the bed.
2 Thomas, Dover, m. 1st at Salem 9 Oct. 1701 Margaret Maule, 2d at Lynn 12 June 1719 Hannah Peirce, who m. next Joseph Chesley (4). His will 18 Sept. 1728 (d. ab. 13 Jan. 1728-9, Lynn rec.) names 6 + 3 ch., all liv. 1753 and all but two of Dover, Saml. of Epping, and Abigail, w. of Jos. Newhall of Salem.
3 John, carpenter, Dover; m. 23 July 1703 Elizabeth Meader, whose tale of her experiences as a captive was pub. in 1780. List 358b. 10 kn. ch. (8 rec. 1705-1721), of whom Ebenezer and Caleb were k. by Ind. 27 Aug. 1724, the mo., 4 ch. and a maid carried to Canada, where the fa. redeemed all but one dau. the next yr. He d. ab. 16 June 1727 (Lynn rec.) while on his way to Canada a 2d time to redeem his dau. Sarah. Adm. to wid. Elizabeth 11 Nov. 1727; to s. John 27 Apr. 1737. Heirs (not incl. Nathl. jr.) signed an agreement 10 May foll., John, Isaac, Daniel, Hannah and Israel Hodgdon, Elizabeth and Ebenezer Varney, and Mercy and Abigail, minors, by their gdn. Jos. Meader of Nantucket. Sarah m. Jean Baptiste Sabourin and rem. in Canada. See Coleman’s N. E. Captives, ii. 161-6.
4 Mercy, m. 1st John Church (2), 2d Nathl. Young.
5 Abigail, m. 12 May 1709 Jona. Young.
6 Nathaniel, carpenter, m. Martha Bickford (17). Will 25 Dec. 1748 - 25 Jan. 1748-9 names her and 5 of 7 ch. rec. 1716-1729. List 358d.
7 Elizabeth, recd. £10 by will.
8 James, had the homestead and was joint excr. with mo. Prob. the James who had w. Ruth in 1737, and was dead in 1739, Ruth in poss. of homestead. Elizabeth, dau. of James, bp. Dover 18 July 1736. One James of Madbury 1768, adm. 28 June to wid. Abigail.
9 Isaac, d. 22 Oct 1706, ‘a lusty young man.’ List 96.
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